| Author: | Jens Klackenberg, 1999
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| Family: |
PERIPLOCACEAE*
|
| Origin: |
Madagascar |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
10
Centimetres |
| Height: |
2
Meters |
| Flower:
|
Pale Yellow |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/? |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Pentopetia
graminifolia, Costantin & Gallaud, 1907.
Ischnolepis
tuberosa, Jumelle & Perrier.
|
This member of the Periplocaceae* family is the only member on
Madagascar. It was
given this name by Jens Klackenberg in 1999. The stems
will reach for two meters, the caudex to at least ten centimetres, and the flowers are
pale yellow. The genera
name from Greek: ischnos; 'dry' and -lepis; 'scale', which might
refer to the filiform slender corona segments. The species name
means 'grass-like leaves'.
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG
IV 2016,
Periplocaceae
is
now part of
the Apocynaceae.
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